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Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE)

Transfer Scholarships

The Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) for Transfer Students

The University of Wyoming will recognize non-resident transfer students as recipients of the Western Undergraduate Exchange award. Transfer students who have earned an associate’s degree with a 3.4 gpa or higher and who are from a WUE state (AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, ND, OR, SD, UT, WA and CNMI) will pay tuition at 150% of the resident tuition rate for 2 years. Annual value of $9,675. (Approximately $9,300 value for spring 2017)

For transfer students to be considered for the Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE), the UW Admissions Office must have the following:

Students selected to receive the WUE Scholarship must confirm their enrollment at UW by August 1, 11:59 p.m. MDT, for students beginning in the fall semester. For students beginning in the spring semester, the deadline to confirm their enrollment is December 1, 11:59 p.m. MDT.

Initial Eligibility and Scholarship Compliance

The Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) is only available to first-time, entering non-resident transfer students seeking their first bachelor's degree whom have earned an associate's degree and have a minimum of a 3.4 transfer GPA.

This scholarship is renewable for up to 4 semesters (2 academic years) or up to the first bachelor's degree whichever comes first.

Students must maintain full-time continuous enrollment (12 semester hours) during the fall and spring semesters each year but is not available to use during the summer semester.

Students must maintain a 3.0 cumulative UW GPA (evaluated at the end of each Spring semester).

All UW scholarships are subject to available funding and are only available for eligible admits.